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Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the FOXP3 gene are associated with increased risk of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
Human antibodies - 1 Jan 2016
Eftekharian Mohammad Mahdi, Sayad Arezou, Omrani Mir Davood, Ghannad Masoud Sabouri, Noroozi Rezvan, Mazdeh Mehrdokht, Mirfakhraie Reza, Movafagh Abolfazl, Roshanaei Ghodratollah, Azimi Tahereh, Inoko Hidetoshi, Taheri Mohammad
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BACKGROUND: Although Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune multifactorial disease with unknown etiology, various genetic and environmental factors are known to contribute to the pathogenesis of the disease. OBJECTIVE: Recent studies have confirmed that the suppressive function of regulatory T cells (T (reg)) is impaired in MS patients and that the FOXP3 gene is a crucial transcription factor in the regulation...
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